Actress PATRICIA SWIFT dies (NY Times, 8/12/2018) Patricia Benoit Swift, age 91, died peacefully in her sleep at home on August 6, 2018. In 1946, Patricia Benoit, at age 19, came to New York City from Fort Worth, Texas to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. For three years followi...

Here’s a wild idea: if the members of the Academy deem Black Panther to be worthy of a nomination for Best Picture, they should vote for it. If not, they should vote for something else. The idea that this movie is somehow more entitled to a Best Picture nomination than anything — and any Oscar vote...

Here’s a wild idea: if the members of the Academy deem Black Panther to be worthy of a nomination for Best Picture, they should vote for it. If not, they should vote for something else. The idea that this movie is somehow more entitled to a Best Picture nomination than anything — and any Oscar vote...

Creating this new category is a terrible idea but it would be interesting to see the eligibility rules for it. I still can't believe they actually created this to ensure ratings which they will still not get. I think they just want Black Panther to win it because they knew that beyond costume design...

Robert Dix, Actor in 'Forbidden Planet' and 'Forty Guns,' Dies at 83 by Mike Barnes Hollywood Reporter 8/7/2018 A son of Oscar nominee Richard Dix of 'Cimarron' fame, he also starred in 'B' horror movies directed by Al Adamson. Robert Dix, the son of a big-screen icon who made his own mark in Hollyw...

Sofia - Morocco We don't get too many film from Morocco or one dealing with issues such as sex out of wedlock that produces offspring. Morocco being what it is this scenarios creates a major headache for the parents and families of both the young people involved. The film moves off into a slightly ...

As to not expecting people to travel, with the Academy's vast resources, they could easily send someone to these "far away" places with a camera crew to either film or stream live an acceptance by the honored individual. Granted, If they have their ceremony at 7pm pacific, that's 3am in F...

Charlotte Rae, Housemother on ‘The Facts of Life,’ Dies at 92 By Pat Saperstein Variety 8/5/2018 Charlotte Rae, who had a six decade career as an actress and was best known as the wise housemother on “The Facts of Life,” died Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 92. The Tony and Emmy nominated actress app...

Mary Carlisle, Bing Crosby's Co-Star in Delightful Musicals, Dies at 104 by Mike Barnes Hollywood Reporter 8/1/2018 She also appeared in Garbo's 'Grand Hotel' and opposite the likes of Jack Benny, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone. Mary Carlisle, the lovely blonde actress who was the object of Bing ...

Some of these may be Academy members or among those who turned down or simply ignored invitations from the days before invitations were made public. Lucky if it would be 10% - I did a check of some of the more known well actors from the link Anonymous provided and didn't include anyone that has act...

Changeling is one of those odd, difficult to explain nominations. It's not that it's undeserving, it's just that, why is this the one movie to get a cinematography nomination, out of a director-cinematographer collaboration that ran from Blood Work through The 15:17 to Paris ? (Stern isn't cinemato...